The main goal of this paper is to analyze the demand for alcoholic beverages among Spanish young males and females. To that end, we develop an empirical model which combines elements from the Theory of Two-Stage Budgeting and the Theory of Addiction in a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System. We...

This research estimates intertemporal and uncompensated elasticity in Uruguay, which is a developing country with an early demographic transition. We applied the specifications and econometric techniques used in Pencavel (2002) to estimate the supply elasticity over the life cycle (intertemporal...

We analize the gender wage gap in Mexico using the population censuses from 1990 to 2010. The wage gap has decreased on average during this period. In 2010, the gender wage gap was about 6%. However, the average hides important aspects of the wage gap across the distribution of wages. We find a...